Complete Definition of "tie"

see|-tie|ti�|tié|ti�|tiè
wikipedia|dab=Tie
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/taɪ/
audio|en-us-tie.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|aɪ

Homophones
Thai
Ty

Etymology 1
OE. teag

Noun
en-noun

  1. An item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck, often under the collar of a shirt. See also bow tie, black tie.
  2. The situation in which one or more participants in a competition are placed equally. (Synonym: draw).
  3. cricket The situation at the end of all four innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different to a draw).
  4. statistics One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
  5. surveying A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
  6. A piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
  7. context|rail transport|US A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together railway lines.

Synonyms
i-c|horizontal member that supports railway lines sleeper i|UK

Translations
trans-top|necktie
Arabic: ARchar|رباط unicode|(rebá: �) m, ARchar|ربطة ا�ع�� unicode|(ráb�i� al-�ónok) f
Catalan: corbata m
Chinese: �帶, �带 (l�ngdài)
Croatian: kravata f
Czech: vázanka f, kravata f
Danish: slips#Danish|slips
Dutch: das#Dutch|das m, stropdas m
Esperanto: kravato
Finnish: solmio, kravatti
French: cravate f
German: Krawatte f
Hungarian: nyakkend�
Indonesian: dasi
trans-mid
Italian: cravatta f
Japanese: ���� (nekutai)
Korean: ��� (nektai)
Kurdish: KUchar|ب���باغ
Polish: krawat m
Portuguese: gravata f
Romanian: cravata f
Russian: гал���к (gálstuk) m
Scottish Gaelic: taidh f
Serbian: к�ава�а (kravata} f
Spanish: corbata f
Swedish: slips#Swedish|slips
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trans-top|tie score
Catalan: empat m
Dutch: gelijke stand m
Finnish: tasapeli, tasatulos
Italian: pareggio m
trans-mid
Polish: remis m
Portuguese: empate m
Russian: �авн�й ���� (rávnyj s�ot) m
Spanish: empate m
Swedish: oavgjort resultat n, remi#Swedish|remi n i|chess
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trans-top|railroad tie
Czech: pražec m
trans-mid
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Etymology 2
OE. tigan (tiegan)

Verb
en-verb|ties|tying|tied

  1. transitive To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.

#:Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
#:Tie the rope to this tree.

  1. transitive To form (a knot or the like) by tying a string or the like.

#:Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.

  1. transitive To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by tying a string or the like.

#:Tie him to the tree.

  1. transitive To secure (something) by tying a string or the like.

#:''Tie your shoes.

  1. intransitive To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.

#:They tied for third place.

  1. transitive To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.

#:He tied me for third place.

Derived terms
tie down
tie-in, tie in
tie the knot
tie up

Translations
trans-top|to attach or fasten with string
Arabic: ARchar|ربط unicode|(rába�a)
Catalan: lligar
Chinese: �, � (b�ng)
Dutch: knopen, vastknopen, binden, strikken
Finnish: sitoa, solmia
French: lier#French|lier
German: binden
Hungarian: köt
Italian: legare
Japanese: �� (���, musubu)
trans-mid
Korean: 묶� (mukda)
Kurdish: KUchar|ب���دکرد�, KUchar|ب��ست��
Latin: necto, nectere
Polish: wi�za�
Portuguese: atar, amarrar
Romanian: lega
Russian: �в�з�ва�� (svjázyvat�)
Spanish: atar, ligar
Swedish: binda
Turkish: ba�lamak
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Category:Rail transportation


Danish

Verb
infl|da|verb

  1. To be silent.

Esperanto

Etymology
Esperanto term|ti-|langeo (demonstrative :Category:Esperanto correlatives|correlative prefix) + term|-e|langeo (correlative suffix of location)

Correlative
rfc-header|Correlative
infl|eo|correlative|accusative|tien

  1. there (demonstrative correlative of location)

#: As with other demonstrative correlatives in Esperanto, tie can be combined with �i, the adverbial particle of proximity, or with for, the adverbial particle of distance. Tie �i thus means here and tie for means there [in the distance].

Related terms
kie, ie, nenie

Category:Esperanto BRO1


Finnish

Noun
fi-noun|t|type=30

  1. way i|by which to go/walk/move
  2. road
  3. avenue
  4. path

Derived terms
top3
maantie
rautatie
teitse
mid3
tiehyt
tiestö
tietyö
mid3
tietää
tietön
valtatie


Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
tie

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, ti�, tié, ti�, or tiè.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

de:tie
el:tie
es:tie
fr:tie
io:tie
id:tie
it:tie
la:tie
hu:tie
ja:tie
pl:tie
ro:tie
ru:tie
simple:tie
fi:tie
ta:tie
te:tie
vi:tie
tr:tie
zh:tie

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